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can't punch one's way out of a paper bag can't punch (one's) way out of a paper bagExtremely weak, ineffectual, or incompetent. You want to fight me? You can't punch your way out of a paper bag! Don't assign that project to her, she couldn't punch her way out of a paper bag!See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, waycan't punch one's way out of a paper bagBe inept, as in Ask him to program the VCR? He can't punch his way out of a paper bag. This hyperbolic term for extreme ineptitude originally was an expression of contempt for a weak or cowardly boxer. [Slang; c. 1910] See also: bag, of, out, paper, punch, way |